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Old 06-23-2008, 08:59 AM
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No, I am talking about toe, on an alignment, you start at the rear and adjust rear camber and toe on vehicles that are adjustable, toe is always set last, then move to the front and set caster and camber, then set toe last again as any changes to caster and camber changes toe and as I stated before this is the biggest wear angle. You can be off on caster and camber and other that a vehicle that wont track straight it wont wear tires out like screwing up the toe setting. When you change ride height you can and you do alter the suspension in relation to the road, the tire is taller and the vehicle will now sit taller. the distance between the splindle and the ground is now raised and so are the point of turning. Without getting really far off into engineering of different vehicles if there's bump steer(not good) you do alter toe setting as a tire moves up and down in its arc of travel. And as ride height is changed it can affect a change in suspension, many manufactures even have different specs to use on the same vehicle that comes with different tires, and different tuned suspensions. But as I wrote in my previous essays(and I hated them in school. go figure) Its doesnt hurt to check and he may be out now at stock. Athough I admit that our trucks do hold their alignments better than most...till you wheel, then all that weight on a rock twisted all over to 1 side while someones yelling driver, passenger has tweeked mine out of spec alittle everytime I go. But then I do my own alignments at work so no biggy
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